Does anyone here have any experience with fracking?

I know basically what fracking is, but what I don't know is how big of an area it impacts. There is a new well being put in probably 2000 feet from our house. How large of an area beneath a well is actually impacted by fracking? Is there a limit to how far one well can break up rock to get gas?

1. The immediate footprint is about 1/10 the distance to your home.

From that standpoint, it won't be a huge issue. Still, I would not be happy about being 2000 feet away from an industry. Do you at least have some sort of visual screen?

Now, keep in mind that the vertical well goes straight down for a few thousand feet and then takes a right angle turn. It can go horizontally a very long way. 2000 feet would be trivial. No telling what direction the well will take when it goes horizontal. IF it goes under your home, will it have an impact on your and your house? Not likely.

9. It's not close enough to see.

We just saw the well last week when we were driving to work. We had no idea any wells were going in near our town, though there are lots in the surrounding countryside.

I can't say I'm happy about it either. I'm not particularly concerned about the noise and we can't see it at all from our house, though others surely can. I'm more concerned about air quality, ground subsidence, and the potential for polluting our water supply.

I just realized I didn't know a lot about how it actually worked. I thought the pressure was induced at the drill-site. I didn't realize they could drill horizontally, seal off that area and frack it. I thought all the fracking was done right below and just gradually expanded, basically in a larger and larger circle. There was a link below that explained the process pretty well.

5. Quit forking around. nt.

4. When they tell you 2000 ft from your house...

That is from the center of the well pad. The well pad can sprawl over 4 acres. If they put a compressor station on it , it will be a diesel motor running 24 seven, With all of the fumes, and the noise associated with a diesel motor, a big diesel motor.
Will it have an impact on you and your house? As long as you're not worried about earthquakes Or polluted well water...